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Analysis Of The Cultural Characteristics Of Zhao Tong Dragon Worship

Posted on:2016-08-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y Z ZhouFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330470954610Subject:Folklore
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Zhao Tong special geographical location has produced a large number of multicultural blend marks which is the most typical dragon culture. As a kind of folk beliefs, it is deeply rooted in people’s mind, the growth in rural ordinary citizen, and as the change of society, times and development, affect people’s production, all aspects of life. Among them, the main "on February the eighth of the lunar calendar Dragon Festival" activities, showcase the heritage and dragon belief and folk literature. As a legend has long folk festival,"February the eighth of the lunar calendar "for us to study the folk belief, religion, is of great significance to understand the folk culture. on the research of the folk activities and folk beliefs related to ethnic groups can help us to understand the cultural psychology, lifestyle explain related groups of religious psychology behavior and so on, in order to understand the whole folk culture construction.Therefore, this paper selects "on February the eighth of the lunar calendar, everyone went to the Da Long Dong." as research material, through field investigation and literature reviews are discussed. First of all, the article inspects the status of the festival, on the basis of field investigation, combing the content of festival activities, processes and other development and change. It can be seen Zhao Tong "on February the eighth of the lunar calendar" dragon festival activities, with the changing times and evolution, abandoning the cumbersome procedures and regulations of many traditional ritual ceremony, increase a lot of interesting content. Therefore, the article also made a relevant understanding of the development of the whole folk beliefs and changes in the situation. Secondly, the article from the angle of the ethnic source of history, discusses the composition of Zhao Tong dragon worship, namely Yi totem worship, dragon system of the Han nationality, Miao customs of dragon worship, Taoism culture exchange and fusion, showing a characteristics of incorporating things of diverse nature, rich and colorful. In addition, Zhao Tong dragon worship, while showing the general characteristics of folk beliefs, but there are also some of the local characteristics, to religious Taoism, blend of Zhao Tong Yi, Han, Miao and natural religion in the history of the dragon worship, is a multicultural composite representation, which is Zhao Tong dragon worship history traces and results, Zhao Tong dragon culture of the trait.
Keywords/Search Tags:Da Long Dong, On February the eighth of the lunar calendar, Dragon the Folk, Cultural characteristics
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